Block Cancel

Block Cancel is a useful technique in  Devil May Cry 3  and Devil May Cry 4  for Dante. It allows him to increase a max number of attacks by interrupting the extra attack animation time with Block (Royalguard Style ), replacing the unnecessary frames with a quick move.

Gameplay
Virtually, any move can be canceled with one move or the other. However, the Block is the quickest move in both games and so, gives best efficiency in battles.

When Dante attacks with his Devil Arms or Firearms, they always leave some frames to complete the animation (e.g. sheathing the sword). Using a block will remove these frames, replacing them with a very quick move and therefore increasing the attack speed drastically.

To begin with, any ground attack can be canceled (in mid-air this becomes difficult to interpret), let it be finished or not. But the best ways to cancel is to it in the middle or at the end of an attack as it grants the best DPS period.